Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed

NOTE: The contents of this book are updated in Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, available on this site.

The 3rd Edition of the world’s most popular roleplaying game has thrilled hundreds of thousands. But surely there’s more to fantasy than the traditional elves, dwarves, fighters, and wizards. What if there were a whole new player’s handbook, presented just like the original, but with different character classes, races, skills, feats, and spells?

Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed is the new roleplaying game that you already know how to play! The alternatives here, created to be compatible with the 3rd Edition and Revised 3rd Edition rules under the Open Game License, give you new ways to handle spellcasting, combat, and other game functions while remaining true to the core game. Use this book to supplement an existing game or as a complete rules system unto itself.

This electronic edition includes the entire contents of the hardcover edition, available in electronic format for the first time!

NOTE: The contents of this book are updated in Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, available on this site.

Unearthed Arcana is a trademark owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. in the USA and other countries. Arcana Unearthed is used with permission from Wizards and all rights are reserved.

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